Subordinate Legislation Committee, 13 Jun 2000

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 13, 2000

Official Report 72KB pdf

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Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/170)

The last matter under item 3 of the agenda is SSI 2000/170. There was a brief discussion on this. Does anyone wish to flag up any matter?

It is welcome that the Executive has brought this instrument forward, following the problems with the original regulation that this committee identified. That shows the value of this committee and of its legal advisers in drawing our attention to some of the defects.

We might want to question the Executive on the point that the legal adviser to the Welsh Assembly raised as to whether or not the withdrawal of an orange badge represents a breach of the European convention on human rights. We should draw that to the Executive's attention and ask them to respond to that point.

Will do.